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1. The short title of the Act is:
a. Hindu Inheritance Act, 1956
b. Hindu Succession Act, 1956
c. Hindu Property Act, 1956
d. Hindu Family Act, 1956
2. The Hindu Succession Act was enacted in the year:
a. 1955
b. 1954
c. 1956
d. 1957
3. The Act came into force on:
a. 26th January, 1950
b. 15th August, 1947
c. 17th June, 1956
d. 1st April, 1956
4. The object of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is:
a. To regulate marriage among Hindus
b. To amend and codify intestate succession among Hindus
c. To govern adoption among Hindus
d. To regulate guardianship laws
5. The Act was enacted by:
a. State Legislature
b. British Parliament
c. Parliament of India
d. Supreme Court
6. The Act was enacted in which year of the Republic of India?
a. Fifth Year
b. Sixth Year
c. Seventh Year
d. Eighth Year
7. Section 1 of the Act deals with:
a. Definitions
b. Application of Act
c. Short title and extent
d. Overriding effect
8. The extent of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is:
a. Whole of India except Jammu & Kashmir
b. Only Northern India
c. Whole of India
d. Only states notified by government
9. Section 2 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Definitions
b. Application of Act
c. Short title and extent
d. Succession rules
10. The Act applies to Hindus including:
a. Only Sanatanis
b. Only Brahmins
c. Virashaiva, Lingayat and followers of Brahmo Samaj
d. Only upper castes
11. The Act expressly applies to which of the following religions?
a. Muslim, Christian, Parsi
b. Buddhist, Jaina, Sikh
c. Only Hindu males
d. Only tribal communities
12. The Act applies to a person who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew unless:
a. He refuses to follow the Act
b. It is proved he would not have been governed by Hindu law or custom
c. He belongs to a village
d. Court permits exemption
13. Under the Explanation, a child of two Hindu parents is:
a. Not covered
b. Covered only if legitimate
c. Covered whether legitimate or illegitimate
d. Covered only by court order
14. A child of one Hindu parent is governed by the Act if:
a. He chooses to follow it
b. He is brought up in that parent’s community
c. He attains majority
d. He resides in India
15. A person who converts or reconverts to Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh religion:
a. Is excluded from the Act
b. Is included under the Act
c. Requires court approval
d. Is included only after 5 years
16. Members of Scheduled Tribes are:
a. Always governed by the Act
b. Never governed by the Act
c. Governed only if State Government directs
d. Not governed unless Central Government notifies
17. The term “Hindu” under the Act:
a. Applies only to Hindus by religion
b. Excludes non-Hindus completely
c. Includes persons to whom the Act applies
d. Applies only to males
18. Scheduled Tribe is defined with reference to:
a. Article 14
b. Article 21
c. Article 21
d. Article 366(25) of the Constitution
19. Section 3 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Application of Act
b. Definitions and interpretation
c. General rules of succession
d. Testamentary succession
20. A person is said to be an “agnate” of another when they are related:
a. Only through females
b. Through males and females equally
c. Wholly through males
d. Only through adoption
21. A “cognate” is a person related:
a. Wholly through males
b. Wholly through females
c. Not wholly through males
d. Only through marriage
22. “Custom” or “usage” must be:
a. Temporary and flexible
b. Certain and not opposed to public policy
c. Declared by court only
d. Applicable only to tribes
23. Two persons are related by full blood when they descend from:
a. Same ancestor by different wives
b. Same ancestress by different husbands
c. Same ancestor by the same wife
d. Same family only
24. Uterine blood relationship arises when persons descend from:
a. Same ancestor by same wife
b. Same ancestress by different husbands
c. Same ancestor by different wives
d. Same father only
25. “Heir” under the Act means:
a. Only male successor
b. Only female successor
c. Any person entitled to succeed to intestate property
d. Only legal representative appointed by court
26. A person is deemed “intestate” when:
a. He dies without property
b. He leaves oral instructions only
c. No effective testamentary disposition exists
d. He has no heirs
27. Under the Act, “related” generally means:
a. Related by adoption only
b. Related by legitimate kinship
c. Related by marriage only
d. Related by contract
28. As per interpretation clause, words importing masculine gender:
a. Include females
b. Always exclude females
c. Include females only in succession
d. Depend on court discretion
29. Section 4 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Definitions
b. Application of Act
c. Overriding effect of Act
d. General rules of succession
30. The overriding effect under Section 4 operates:
a. Absolutely without exception
b. Subject to express provisions of the Act
c. Only by court order
d. Only in case of conflict with Constitution
31. Any custom or usage of Hindu law in force before the Act:
a. Continues fully
b. Ceases only if court declares
c. Ceases if provision is made in the Act
d. Applies alongside the Act
32. Texts or interpretations of Hindu law prior to the Act:
a. Always prevail
b. Cease where the Act provides otherwise
c. Apply only in rural areas
d. Apply only to females
33. Pre-existing laws inconsistent with the Act:
a. Continue to apply
b. Are void only if unconstitutional
c. Cease to apply to Hindus to the extent of inconsistency
d. Apply only with court permission
34. Section 4 applies to:
a. Only statutory laws
b. Only customs
c. Both customs and other laws
d. Only judicial precedents
35. The phrase “save as otherwise expressly provided” implies:
a. No exceptions exist
b. Exceptions may exist within the Act itself
c. Only Parliament can create exceptions
d. Courts decide exceptions
36. The overriding effect is with respect to:
a. All matters of law
b. Only criminal law
c. Matters for which provision is made in the Act
d. Only succession to agricultural land
37. Section 5 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Definitions
b. Application of Act
c. Overriding effect
d. Act not to apply to certain properties
38. The Act does not apply where succession is regulated by:
a. Transfer of Property Act, 1882
b. Indian Succession Act, 1925
c. Indian Contract Act, 1872
d. CPC, 1908
39. The exclusion under clause (i) operates due to provisions of:
a. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
b. Special Marriage Act, 1954
c. Indian Evidence Act, 1872
d. Guardians and Wards Act, 1890
40. Estates descending to a single heir under covenant with:
a. State Government
b. Local authority
c. Government of India
d. Judiciary
41. The Act excludes estates governed by:
a. Any oral agreement
b. Customary village practice
c. Covenant or agreement entered by Ruler of Indian State
d. Only family arrangements
42. Enactments passed before commencement of the Act:
a. Always override the Act
b. Apply only to females
c. Can exclude application if they provide single heir succession
d. Are automatically repealed
43. The Valiamma Thampuran Kovilagam Estate is:
a. Fully governed by the Act
b. Partially governed
c. Expressly excluded from the Act
d. Governed by court orders
44. The Palace Fund mentioned in Section 5 is administered by:
a. Supreme Court
b. State Legislature
c. Palace Administration Board
d. Central Government
45. The Proclamation excluding certain properties was issued by:
a. British Crown
b. Parliament of India
c. Maharaja of Cochin
d. Governor-General
46. Section 5 provides:
a. General application
b. Exceptions to application of the Act
c. Rules of succession
d. Definitions
47. Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Testamentary succession
b. Devolution of interest in coparcenary property
c. General rules of succession
d. Disqualification of heirs
48. After the 2005 Amendment, a daughter of a coparcener:
a. Is not a coparcener
b. Becomes a coparcener only after marriage
c. Becomes a coparcener by birth
d. Becomes coparcener only by court order
49. A daughter in coparcenary property has:
a. Lesser rights than a son
b. Equal rights as a son
c. Rights only after father’s death
d. No right to partition
50. The daughter is subject to:
a. No liabilities
b. Only moral obligations
c. Same liabilities as a son
d. Liabilities only after marriage
51. The proviso to Section 6(1) protects:
a. All future partitions
b. Only oral partitions
c. Dispositions or partitions before 20 December 2004
d. Only court decrees after 2005
52. Property acquired by a female coparcener under Section 6(1):
a. Is her absolute property without disposal rights
b. Cannot be alienated
c. Can be disposed of by testamentary disposition
d. Belongs to joint family only
53. After the 2005 Amendment, devolution of coparcenary property on death:
a. Is by survivorship
b. Is abolished and follows succession under the Act
c. Is decided by Karta
d. Is governed by custom only
54. On deemed partition, the daughter:
a. Gets no share
b. Gets lesser share
c. Gets equal share as a son
d. Gets share only if unmarried
55. Doctrine of pious obligation after 2005 Amendment:
a. Fully continues
b. Applies only to sons
c. Is abolished for recovery of debts
d. Applies only to ancestral debts
56. “Partition” under Section 6 means:
a. Oral family arrangement
b. Any division of property
c. Registered partition deed or court decree
d. Customary division only
57. Section 7 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Coparcenary property
b. Devolution of interest in tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaru or illom
c. Testamentary succession
d. Disqualification of heirs
58. On death of a Hindu governed by marumakkattayam or nambudri law, his interest devolves:
a. By survivorship
b. According to customary law
c. Under this Act by succession
d. By family decision
59. The Act replaces marumakkattayam and nambudri law in matters of:
a. Marriage
b. Adoption
c. Succession to property
d. Guardianship
60. The share of a deceased in tarwad/tavazhi/illom is determined:
a. By eldest member
b. By court discretion
c. As if partition per capita occurred before death
d. By custom only
61. Even if the deceased was not entitled to claim partition:
a. No share is given
b. Share is determined notionally
c. Custom prevails
d. Court decides arbitrarily
62. In case of aliyasantana law, property of kutumba or kavaru devolves:
a. By survivorship
b. Under customary law
c. Under this Act by succession
d. Only by will
63. The share in kutumba or kavaru property is:
a. Joint property forever
b. Determined by eldest member
c. Deemed as absolute property after notional partition
d. Controlled by State
64. When a sthanamdar dies, sthanam property devolves:
a. Only on eldest son
b. Only on heirs
c. On family members and heirs as if per capita partition occurred
d. On government
65. Shares received by members and heirs of sthanamdar:
a. Remain joint family property
b. Become separate property
c. Are held in trust
d. Are controlled by court
66. “Family” of a sthanamdar includes:
a. Only undivided members
b. Only male members living jointly
c. All branches entitled by custom to succeed
d. Only direct heirs
67. Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Succession of females
b. General rules of succession in case of males
c. Testamentary succession
d. Coparcenary rights
68. Property of a male Hindu dying intestate devolves:
a. By survivorship only
b. By provisions of this Chapter
c. By custom only
d. By court discretion
69. The first preference in succession is given to:
a. Class II heirs
b. Agnates
c. Class I heirs
d. Cognates
70. If no Class I heir exists, property devolves upon:
a. Cognates
b. Agnates
c. Class II heirs
d. Government
71. In absence of Class I and Class II heirs, succession goes to:
a. Cognates
b. Agnates
c. State
d. Widow only
72. Cognates succeed:
a. Before agnates
b. Along with Class II heirs
c. After agnates
d. Before Class I heirs
73. The last category of heirs in order of succession is:
a. Class I heirs
b. Class II heirs
c. Agnates
d. Cognates
74. Agnates are preferred over:
a. Class I heirs
b. Class II heirs
c. Cognates
d. Widow
75. The rules under Section 8 apply when:
a. There is a will
b. The male dies intestate
c. The female dies intestate
d. Property is ancestral only
76. If no heir in any category exists, then:
a. Property remains unclaimed
b. Property goes to distant relatives
c. Rules exhaust up to cognates
d. Court distributes arbitrarily
77. Section 9 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. General rules of succession
b. Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule
c. Testamentary succession
d. Disqualification of heirs
78. Class I heirs succeed:
a. One after another
b. Simultaneously
c. Only eldest first
d. By court order
79. Class I heirs exclude:
a. Only cognates
b. Only agnates
c. All other heirs
d. Only Class II heirs
80. In Class II heirs, preference is given:
a. Randomly
b. By age
c. Entry-wise in order given in Schedule
d. By court discretion
81. Heirs in the first entry of Class II:
a. Succeed along with second entry
b. Are preferred over second entry
c. Are equal to all entries
d. Succeed after all entries
82. Heirs in second entry of Class II are preferred over:
a. First entry
b. Class I heirs
c. Third entry
d. Agnates
83. Succession among Class II heirs follows:
a. Simultaneous rule
b. Survivorship rule
c. Sequential entry rule
d. Testamentary rule
84. Class I heirs take:
a. Unequal shares
b. Equal and simultaneous shares
c. Only after Class II
d. Only males
85. If a Class I heir exists:
a. Class II heirs also succeed
b. Only agnates succeed
c. No other heir is entitled
d. Cognates also share
86. The order in Class II continues:
a. Up to second entry only
b. Till court decides
c. Entry after entry successively
d. Only till third entry
87. Section 10 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Order of succession
b. Distribution among Class II heirs
c. Distribution of property among Class I heirs
d. Testamentary succession
88. Under Rule 1, the intestate’s widow:
a. Gets entire property
b. Gets one share
c. Gets no share
d. Shares equally with sons only
89. If there are multiple widows:
a. Each gets separate equal share
b. They collectively take one share
c. Only eldest widow inherits
d. Court divides arbitrarily
90. Under Rule 2, which of the following get one share each?
a. Only sons
b. Sons and daughters only
c. Sons, daughters and mother
d. Only daughters
91. Heirs in the branch of a pre-deceased son:
a. Get no share
b. Get separate individual shares
c. Together take one share
d. Take equal share with widow
92. Heirs in the branch of a pre-deceased daughter:
a. Take no share
b. Take one share collectively
c. Take equal shares individually
d. Take share only if no sons
93. Distribution in the branch of a pre-deceased son includes:
a. Only his sons
b. Only his widow
c. Widow, sons, daughters and branch of his pre-deceased sons
d. Only daughters
94. In branch of pre-deceased son, widow and children:
a. Get unequal shares
b. Get equal portions
c. Widow gets double share
d. Sons get preference
95. In branch of pre-deceased daughter, distribution is:
a. Unequal
b. Based on age
c. Equal among surviving sons and daughters
d. Only to sons
96. Section 10 follows which principle:
a. Survivorship
b. Testamentary rule
c. Per stirpes distribution
d. Primogeniture
97. Section 11 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Distribution among Class I heirs
b. Distribution among Class II heirs
c. Order of succession
d. Testamentary succession
98. Property of an intestate among Class II heirs is distributed:
a. Unequally
b. According to will
c. Equally among heirs in one entry
d. By court discretion
99. Heirs entitled to succeed under Section 11 must belong to:
a. Different entries of Class II
b. Same entry of Class II
c. Class I only
d. Agnates only
100. If heirs exist in one entry of Class II:
a. All entries succeed together
b. Only that entry succeeds
c. Lower entries also succeed
d. Court decides distribution
101. Heirs within the same entry of Class II:
a. Take unequal shares
b. Take equal shares
c. Share based on age
d. Share based on gender
102. If one entry in Class II has heirs:
a. Agnates also succeed
b. Cognates also succeed
c. Other entries are excluded
d. Government gets share
103. Distribution under Section 11 is based on:
a. Per stirpes
b. Survivorship
c. Equality among heirs in same entry
d. Testamentary direction
104. Section 11 applies when:
a. Class I heirs exist
b. Only one heir exists
c. Succession falls to Class II heirs
d. There is a will
105. Section 12 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Distribution among Class II heirs
b. Order of succession among agnates and cognates
c. General rules of succession
d. Testamentary succession
106. Preference among agnates and cognates is determined by:
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Degrees of ascent and descent
d. Court discretion
107. Under Rule 1, preference is given to the heir:
a. With more degrees of ascent
b. With fewer or no degrees of ascent
c. With more descendants
d. Who is eldest
108. “Degrees of ascent” refers to:
a. Descendants
b. Ancestors
c. Collaterals
d. Spouses
109. Under Rule 2, where ascent is equal, preference is given to:
a. Heir with more descent
b. Heir with fewer or no degrees of descent
c. Eldest heir
d. Female heir
110. “Degrees of descent” refers to:
a. Ancestors
b. Parents
c. Descendants
d. Spouses
111. If heirs are equal under Rule 1 and Rule 2:
a. Court decides
b. Eldest succeeds
c. They take simultaneously
d. Government takes property
112. The rules under Section 12 apply to:
a. Class I heirs
b. Class II heirs
c. Agnates and cognates
d. Only females
113. Section 13 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Order of succession
b. Computation of degrees
c. Distribution among heirs
d. Disqualification of heirs
114. For determining succession among agnates or cognates, relationship is reckoned:
a. From ancestor only
b. From heir only
c. From intestate to the heir
d. From eldest member
115. Degrees considered under Section 13 include:
a. Only ascent
b. Only descent
c. Both ascent and descent
d. Only collateral relations
116. Degrees of ascent and descent are computed:
a. Excluding intestate
b. Including intestate
c. Only after court declaration
d. Only for males
117. Each generation is treated as:
a. Two degrees
b. Half degree
c. One degree
d. No degree
118. Degree of ascent refers to:
a. Descendants
b. Ancestors
c. Collaterals
d. Spouses
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